Long Time Gone

I will be gone for awhile
 Searching for my heart in the low places
 I will be out in the wild, wild spaces
 Hold me, child
 I'll be gone a long, long time
 I will be gone for awhile
 Searching for my heart in the low places
 I will be out in the wild, wild spaces
 Hold me, child
 I'll be gone a long, long time
 The bread is good the stove is warm
 You will be fine now you must be strong
 You cannot follow where I must roam
 The burden I must haul alone
 Your father loves you never doubt
 You will be always at my heart
 Your photograph in cameo
 Will keep me from the dark and cold
 I will be gone for awhile
 Searching for my heart in the low places
 I will be out in the wild, wild spaces
 Hold me, child
 I'll be gone a long, long time
 I will only be wrong when I am not strong enough
 I will only be hated when mistakes are made
 It will only be death when there is nowhere left in the world
 Nowhere left in the world
 It will only be cold while the storm holds
 It will only go bad when that is all I have
 It is only the end when there is no one left in the world
 No one left in the world
 Then I'll be running home to you
 I'll throw my loving arms around you
 I will be secure no more harm befalls you
 Until then I'll be a long time gone
 A long time gone
 A long time gone